Catering Manager
Garden City Academy, Letchworth Garden City, Hertfordshire, SG6 2JZ12 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2026
Closing date
16 June 2026 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
3 June 2026
Job details
Job role
- Catering, cleaning and site management
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £27,254.00 - £28,598.00 Annually (FTE) NJC England & Wales, SCP 9-12. Actual annual pro-rata salary approx £17,364
Catering Manager job summary
A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a Catering Manager at Garden City Academy .
About the Role
We are seeking an experienced and enthusiastic Catering Manager to lead the day-to-day running of our busy school kitchen. You will be responsible for preparing tasty, nutritious meals for our students and staff, ensuring high standards of food quality, hygiene, and safety at all times.
This is a hands-on role that involves cooking, serving, supervising kitchen staff, ordering supplies, and keeping the kitchen clean, organised, and compliant with food safety regulation
Key Responsibilities
- Prepare, cook and serve meals in line with school menus and nutritional standards. - Supervise and support kitchen staff, ensuring a smooth meal service. - Order and manage food supplies and stock levels within budget. - Maintain excellent hygiene, cleanliness, and food safety standards. - Keep accurate records for compliance and inspections. We're looking for someone who is:
- Experienced in catering or food preparation (school or similar setting preferred). - Qualified in Food Hygiene (Level 2 or 3 certificate required). - Organised, reliable, and able to lead a small team. - Passionate about providing healthy, appealing food for students.
If so, you’ll love to work at Garden City Academy
Our children deserve the best and as a Catering Manager at Garden City Academy you will be a part of our innovative approach to school catering - REAch2EAT. You will have a passion for cooking and providing high quality meals using fresh, local produce as well as delivering exceptional service to our children.
Food served in school forms a part of our healthy school’s ethos, and exceptional nutrition supports our drive for exceptional opportunities for learning. The successful applicant can expect to work as part of a committed school team as well as a wider support network of our REAch2EAT Catering Team.
We can offer you:
A firm commitment to you and your professional development
Friendly, supportive, enthusiastic, and hardworking colleagues, staff and governors
An inspiring learning community
Encouragement to develop new ideas and the opportunity to make a real difference.
Opportunities to further develop your career within our Multi Academy Trust, REAch2, the largest primary-only academy trust in the country.
A support network within REAch2EAT including our Catering Lead
And, most importantly, AMAZING children just waiting to meet you.
For further information about the role come and visit our school! To book your visit or for an informal discussion, please contact the school office. School visits are encouraged but are by appointment only.
Why Work with REAch2 Academy Trust?
Join REAch2 Academy Trust, one of the UK's largest primary academy trusts, with a mission to unlock the potential of every child, regardless of their background. Here’s why joining our team can be an exciting and fulfilling career choice:
- Excellence & Development: We prioritise high standards and offer extensive professional development and career growth opportunities.
- Supportive & Collaborative: Be part of a strong, collaborative community of over 60 schools where every voice is valued, and best practices are shared.
- Well-being Focus: We promote a healthy work-life balance and offer robust well-being support for all staff.
- Diversity & Inclusion: We celebrate diversity and believe that varied perspectives strengthen our schools.
- Innovation & Impact: Bring creativity to the classroom and make a real difference in children’s lives.
- Making a difference: Working with REAch2 means contributing to something bigger than yourself. You’ll be helping to shape the lives of young learners, making a meaningful impact on communities and future generations.
Join us to grow your career, collaborate with passionate educators, and make a lasting impact on future generations.
Benefits
We offer a range of benefits to support your career and well-being:
- Generous Annual Leave: healthy work-life balance.
- Professional Development: Access diverse CPD and training opportunities to grow your skills.
- Flexible & Family-Friendly: We are committed to supporting flexible working and requests will be considered on an individual basis, including options such as part time, term-time, home working, and other options that work for both the employee and the Trust.
- Exclusive Discounts: Benefit from Blue Light Card offers and employee perks.
- Well-being Support: Receive comprehensive well-being and employee assistance for you and your family.
Join REAch2 for a rewarding career with great benefits!
Safeguarding, Safer Recruitment and Data Protection
At REAch2 we recognise that those who work in an academy are in a unique position in their care of children. The responsibility for all staff to safeguard pupils and promote their welfare, as stated in Section 175 of the Education Act (2002) is one that is central to our ethos, our policies and our actions. All children are deserving of the highest levels of care and safeguarding, regardless of their individual characteristics or circumstances, and we are committed to applying our policies to ensure effective levels of safeguarding and care are afforded to all our pupils.
We will seek to recruit the best applicant for the job based on the abilities, qualifications, experience as measured against the job description and person specification. The recruitment and selection of staff will be conducted in a professional, timely and responsive manner and in compliance with current employment legislation, and relevant safeguarding legislation and statutory guidance. An enhanced DBS disclosure will be requested for all successful candidates, including a Children's Barred List check if the role meets the criteria for regulated activity.
For more information about our safer recruitment processes, please click here for our Safer Recruitment Policy.
All information is stored securely, and any information supplied by unsuccessful candidates will be destroyed through a confidential waste system six months after the decision has been communicated, in accordance with our information and records retention policy.
The Trust ensures all applicant data is stored and processed appropriately. For further details on how your information will be managed during the recruitment process please refer to our Privacy Notice for Job Applications.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.
Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.
Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children
You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
Applying for the job
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Garden City Academy
- School type
- Academies, Does not apply, ages 2 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary school
- School size
- 171 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 2 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Garden City Academy website
Primary school, taking children from Nursery age - Year 6
School location
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